Police say weapons and drugs have been taken off the streets thanks to officers' swift response.

BBC Newsnight

Unregulated accommodation for 16 and 17-year-olds may be subject to licensing and registration after claims children were being put at risk.

Concerns raised by police included a child from a local authority in the Midlands on bail for knife-point robberies and sexual offences, placed in an unregulated home in Bedfordshire with young female residents.

Children's minister Nadhim Zahawi told BBC Newsnight he wanted to eliminate a "rogue element" in some 16+ supported and semi-supported accommodation.

The Stratford-on-Avon MP's words follow calls to regulate these homes. Standard children's homes are regulated by Ofsted.

But Mr Zahawi said full regulation would be a "knee-jerk reaction".

A woman has been found with head injuries in the Woodside area of Telford this morning.

West Mercia Police says she has been taken to hospital for treatment and officers are looking to talk to anyone who was in the Waltondale area between 02:00 and 04:00.

A police cordon has been set up in front of Woodside Medical Practice.

Hereford Times

Here are three of the stories included in the Hereford Times today:

• Seagulls feast on city centre rubbish, external
• Three injured in A4110 crash, external
• Volunteers Brush Up Bromyard, external

Sgt Nathan Legend appears in court after concerns were raised over the use of force against the man.

An 18-year-old who was found dead in a quarry pool near Stourport died of a head injury he suffered before entering the water, a post-mortem test has revealed.

West Mercia Police said it wasn't treating the death of Jayden Clarke as suspicious.

His body was recovered from Shavers End Quarry by police divers on 8 July.

BBC News Travel

A multi-vehicle crash is blocking one lane of the the M40 southbound in Warwickshire.

Traffic police are at the scene between J12 for Gaydon and J11 for Banbury.

BBC Shropshire

Labour's parliamentary candidate for Shrewsbury and Atcham says she won't go despite losing a no-confidence vote.

In a statement, Laura Davies says she's been in the constituency since 2014 and "is still fully committed" and that "it is vital that ineffective and self-interested MPs are challenged”.

Laura Davies was asked to stand down by her local party at a meeting last month, following concerns she'd expressed views on the local reorganisation of hospital services that weren't in line with party policy.

The bridge in Stoke-on-Trent has been shut amid safety concerns.

Two men have been arrested after a man was fatally stabbed in Birmingham last week, police say.

Image source, West Midlands Police

Malik Hussain, 35, was found dead in Baker Street, Sparkhill, at about 23:20 on Friday.

A post-mortem examination revealed he died from two stab wounds.

A 25-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder and a 36-year-old man arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender remain in police custody.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Here are three of the stories covered by Local Democracy Reporters in the West Midlands in the last 24 hours:

• Circus and cabaret shows can be staged on a former Sainsbury's site in Newcastle-under-Lyme town centre after the borough council agreed to consider issuing licences for temporary events.
• Worcester City Council has agreed to declare a "climate emergency" and has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2030.
• Funding for Shropshire schools has been cut by £1,900, every time a school takes on academy status, a committee has been told.

A body found in a quarry pool in Stourport last week is that of the missing 18-year-old Jayden Clarke, West Mercia Police has confirmed.

He disappeared after entering the water on 7 July the force said, and the body was recovered at Shavers End Quarry by police divers.

The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner.

His family have been informed.

More than 70 animals were shot using air guns in the West Midlands last year, new figures show.

Image source, RSPCA

The RSPCA is calling for the licensing of air guns as figures reveal the charity received 767 reports of animals being shot across England and Wales, with 72 reports coming from the region.

Cats bore the brunt of the shootings with 258 of them and 73 dogs deliberately killed or maimed last year.

A large number of wild mammals and birds, including foxes, squirrels, swans and pigeons were targeted as well, it said.

Birmingham City sign midfielder Dan Crowley from Dutch side Willem II for an undisclosed fee.

Birmingham Live

Some of today's Birmingham Live headlines are:

• 'I've had a gun to my head, a knife in my hand and no hope' - gang survivor speaks out, external
• Fire service reveals what started huge factory blaze, external
• 'Disgusting' thugs filmed terrorising and beating duck to death in Dudley, external

An augmented reality app, teaching schoolchildren road safety lessons, is to be extended across the country after being trialed in Warwickshire.

Image source, Warwickshire County Council

The Arility app layers virtual objects over real world settings to provide travel and road safety information to primary school aged children.

Trials have begun in Warwickshire, but a two-year £200,000 investment by the Department for Transport will partly be used to roll out the scheme across the UK.

Transport minister Michael Ellis said: "It is vital that we find new ways to make sure young people learn about and are interested in road safety".

Cheshire cheese makers are looking for something or someone to boost their sales, in the same way that Wallace and Gromit turned around sales of Wensleydale.

David Williams, who makes the cheese from a factory in Crewe said: "It just needs bringing to the public attention a little bit more Cheshire can be perceived as a boring white crumbly cheese, but it's not".

Image source, Getty Images

The Cheshire-makers say they've seen their cheese fall out of favour with the supermarkets and Simon Spurrell from the Cheshire Cheese Company in Macclesfield said: "mozzarella's the second biggest selling cheese in the country at the moment, where it used to be cheshire."

And one of the largest producers of Cheshire, Belton Farm in Shropshire, said more work was needed top spread the message to families - because most of their consumers are now over the age of 55.

BBC Business News

Water bills in England and Wales are set to fall by an average of £50 between 2020 and 2025, under plans published by the industry regulator.

Ofwat said firms would also have to invest an additional £6m each day in improving services for customers.

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It said the measures would mean "better services, a healthier natural environment and lower bills".

Just three of the companies, Severn Trent, United Utilities, and South West water will escape the measures because their future plans have been accepted.

Severn Trent has pledged to cut customers' bills by an average of £18 a year in real terms by the 2024-25 financial year as part of its business plan.

Resurfacing work on the A53 fly-over in Stoke-on-Trent is complete and workers will begin repairs to an expansion joint on the side of the structure later today.

But Stoke-on-Trent City Council says the bridge will remain closed for at least another week.

Image source, Getty Images

The delay is because the council has to wait a week or so for the metal roadside barriers, which have to be specially made.

The launch for season five of Peaky Blinders will take place at a red carpet event in Birmingham later.

The show, which follows the lives of the Shelby family in the city, will return to BBC One later this year.

Series 4 of the epic drama ended with the deadly Tommy Shelby becoming the elected MP of the Birmingham South constituency, cementing the Shelby clan’s position of power.

The first episode of season five will be shown during a world premiere at Birmingham Town Hall today.